By: Zaffirini, et al. S.B. No. 959
 
  (Romero, Jr.)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to student success-based funding recommendations for
  certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public
  junior colleges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.0593, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
         (f-1)  In making its recommendations under Subsection (f)
  relating to institutional appropriations of incentive funds for
  public junior colleges based on achievement on student success
  measures, the board shall incorporate the consideration of student
  success measures, and include appropriate funding recommendations
  based on those success measures, achieved in qualified continuing
  workforce education courses offered by those colleges for which
  credit toward a certificate or associate's degree is not awarded.  
  For purposes of this subsection, a continuing workforce education
  course is considered qualified if the course is consistent with the
  role and mission of a public junior college and is designed to
  prepare students with skills necessary to attain external workforce
  credentials, including a certification or license, or employment in
  a specific high-demand occupation, regardless of whether the course
  is part of a recognized sequence of courses that requires a specific
  number of contact hours.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.